Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-11 Thread Howard Turetzky
I also cherish my nanosecond from meeting Admiral Hopper when she spoke at an ACM chapter meeting many years ago. If you are interested in computers and women in computing, I recommend the many articles in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing http://www.computer.org/portal/web/annals on the

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-11 Thread Linda Mooney
Thanks Howard!  I spent some time wandering about the site.  There is so much there. Linda - Original Message - From: Howard Turetzky howard.turet...@infoprint.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:50:39 AM Subject: Re: Rediscovering WWII's female

Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Some history trivia 'Computer' was a job title, not a name for a machine at once a time. This link is to a CNN article describing women who acted as 'computer'. Title: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers' http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/08/women.rosies.math/index. html?hpt

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Some history trivia 'Computer' was a job title, not a name for a machine at once a time. This link is to a CNN article describing women who acted as 'computer'. Title: Rediscovering WWII's

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Adams, Rick
:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers' -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Some history trivia 'Computer' was a job title, not a name for a machine at once a time. This link

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Ken Porowski
Watch the wrap in the link -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:56 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers' -Original

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ken Porowski wrote: Watch the wrap in the link Oh, wrap me up! Thanks for wrapping up this... ;-D I should really learn to wrap up my posts with that words... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers'

2011-02-10 Thread Ottenbacher, Cindy
: Re: Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers' Ken Porowski wrote: Watch the wrap in the link Oh, wrap me up! Thanks for wrapping up this... ;-D I should really learn to wrap up my posts with that words... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht